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Letters .Patent No. 78,888, dated June 16, 1868; antedated June 2, 1868.

IMPROVED SHOEvLAGING DEVICE.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN':

Be it known that I, HENRY If. C. MLLER, of Bridgeport, in the .county of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement'in Shoe-Lacing; and Ido hereby declare that theffollowing is u full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will' enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.l

v Figure 1 represents a plan or top view of my invention.4 I i 'Figure 2 is a. detail perspective view of the string-holder.

Figure 3 lis a. plan view of a modification of the sume.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a. ne\v device for fastening the upper ends of shoe-strings, and its object is to do away with the tedious process of tying the strings. y

The invention consists in the use of a vire or sheet-metal hook, having two springs projecting above its sides. The string is fastened by laying it' under and around the hook, and by then clamping it between the springs. It will then he firmly held,`and cannot be drawn out unless its end is first released from the springs.

VA A represent the tivo aps ot' n. shoe' to be laced. B B are the hooks, buttons, eyelets',`or other devices, around which the string C is laid, as usually. D D are the string-holders, for securing the upper end s of lthe strings without tying. i

Each of these holders is made in shape o'f a hook, a, (see fig. 2,) fastened to the shoe in any suitable manner, and is provided with Vtivo4 springs,`b`b, projecting from the opposite sidesfbf the hook, as is clearly shown in figs. 2 and 3. I A t These holders are either bent, from a piece of wire. into the required form, as is indicated in iig.. 2, or they are made of sheet metal, stamped into the required form, as shown ing. 3.

The string to4 be fastened is laid around the hook, and under the projectingvpart, a,of the same, and is finally clamped between the springs 6, as shown in iig. 1, whenit will be securely held in place.

' I claim vas new,'and desire to secure by Letters Patent- I A string-holder, D, for shoe-lacings, made and operating substantially us herein shown and described. vDated at Bridgeport, the 98th day of September, 1867. i

' HENRY' L. C. MULLER.

Witnessesz' EDWAnmN. GOODWIN, MICHAEL ,OCONNELL 

